Introduction to virtual currency contract
1、 Different definitions:
1. virtual currency:
virtual currency refers to non real currency
digital currency:digital currency is an alternative currency in the form of electronic currency. Both digital gold coin and cryptocurrency belong to digiccy
3. Cryptocurrency:
cryptocurrency is a kind of transaction medium that uses cryptography principles to ensure transaction security and control the creation of transaction units
4. Token (token):
a kind of article whose shape and size are similar to currency, but the scope of use is limited and has no currency effect, and its token is the homonym of token in English
Second, the characteristics are different:1; It can also be said that virtual currency is personalized currency. In another way, it can also be called information currency
2. Digital currency:
is an unregulated and digital currency, which is usually issued and managed by developers and accepted and used by members of specific virtual communities
Cryptocurrency:cryptocurrency is based on the decentralized consensus mechanism, which is opposite to the banking and financial system relying on the centralized regulatory system
4. Token (token):
usually needs to be exchanged for money, used in shops, playgrounds, mass transportation and other places, as a voucher to use services and exchange goods
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at present, digital currency is more like an investment proct, because it lacks a strong guarantee agency to maintain its price stability, and its role as a value measure has not yet appeared, so it can not be used as a means of payment. As an investment proct, digital currency cannot develop without trading platform, operating company and investment company
digital currency is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the blockchain technology it relies on has been decentralized and can be used in other fields except digital currency, which is one of the reasons why bitcoin is popular; On the other hand, if digital currency is widely used by the public as a kind of currency, it will have a huge impact on the effectiveness of monetary policy, financial infrastructure, financial market and financial stability
Similar to futures contract, it is a trading method proposed by bitstar
the leverage of bitcoin virtual contract is shown as the leverage stability of the revenue level of legal currency: if you invest US $100, the revenue you can get = US $100 * the rise and fall of bitcoin * the fixed leverage ratio
assuming that the current price is 500usd / BTC, an investor can buy a BTC at the current price, and the principal is 500usd. At this time, the investor can make 50 more BTC virtual contracts
at this time, if the price of BTC rises to US $750, or 50%, the investor's contract income is 3.3333 BTCs, which can be sold at the current price to get us $2500, and the income is five times of the principal investment
bitcoin futures provided by bitcoin exchanges are usually traded in bitcoin. Futures is opposite to spot. Spot is a commodity that can be paid and delivered at the same time. In fact, futures is not "goods", but an agreement (contract) - futures contract that promises to deliver "goods" (subject matter) at a future time
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futures contract is an agreement that the buyer agrees to receive certain assets at a specific price after a specified period of time, and the Seller agrees to deliver certain assets at a specific price after a specified period of time. The price that both parties agree to use in future trading is called futures price
the specified date on which both parties must conct transactions in the future is called settlement date or delivery date. The assets agreed to be exchanged by both parties are called "subject matter". If an investor gains a position in the market by buying a futures contract (i.e. agreeing to buy at a future date), it is called long position or long in futures
On the contrary, if the position obtained by investors is to sell the futures contract (i.e. bear the contract responsibility to sell in the future), they are short positions or short on the futureswhen it comes to virtual currency, many people may be familiar with it. But there are also many people who are not clear about the concept of virtual currency. They will think that sina u, Netease popo and Shanda Yuanbao are all part of virtual currency. What's more, they think that these so-called virtual currencies will affect the status of RMB and proce adverse effects such as virtual inflation
first of all, let's understand the two meanings of virtual currency in economics
the prototype of the first virtual currency is composed of the weights of the currencies of a country's major trading partners, which is a non-existent currency in order to maintain the stability of the country's exchange rate.
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